Theatrical appliance.



C. P. PRICE.

THEATRICAL APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 3. 1914.

Patented Sept. 5, 1916.

Gum/ms CHARLES r. rates, or nosron, MASSACHUSETTS.

THEATEICAL APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Sept. 5, T916,

Application filed April 3,1914. Serial No. 829,268.

To all whomi't may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES P. Pinon, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in TheatricalAppliances, of which the followin is a description, reference being hadto t e accompanying drawing and to the figures of reference markedthereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in theatricalappliances, and more particularly to appliances used in connection withspeaking dummy figures.

An object of the invention is to provide a theatrical appliance wherebya dummy figure may be positioned within view of an audience and spokenwords transmitted throughthe dummy figure to the audience by anassistant at some distant point, while the lips of the dummy figuremaybe ma- Eipulated by an operator holding the said gure. I

In the drawings, which Show by way of illustration one embodiment of theinvention,Figure 1 is a view showing more or less diagrammatically adummy figure having vmy improvements applied thereto, and

' the connections leading to the assistant at a distant point; Fig. 2 isan enlarged view showing more clearly the dummy figure .structureand theparts applied thereto.

The invention consists generally in providing a dummy figure with areceiver which is concealed in the body of the figure, so that it is notvisible, and connections are ledfrom this receiver to a distant point,where said connections are attached to an ordinary telephonetransmitter, sov that an assistant speaking in the transmitter willreproduce words in the receivercwhich give'the effect of the dummyfigure speaking The dummy figure is also preferably provided with atransmitter for the operator, which is connected to a receiver which maybe used by the assistant, so point may understand the words spoken bythe o erator and reply thereto through the recei er in the bodyof thefigure.

Referring more in detail to the drawing,

' of the receiver is preferably adjacent the the assistant at adistantthe dummy figure l is of the usual constructlon, representing aperson, and located within the figure is a receiver 2, concealed in thebody of said figure. The mouth front and directed so that the Wordsreproduced by the receiver will be distinctly heard from all points infront of the figure. A connection 3 leads from the receiver 2. Theoperator indicated diagrammatically at): in Fig. 1, holds the dummyfigure and the connections 3 are so disposed that they may be preferablylaid through or in rear of the leg 5 of the seat of the operator. Theseconnections extend through the floor of the platform or stage 8, and areattached to a transmitter 7, which is suitably placed for an assistantindicated diagrammatically at 8. The dummy figure is also provided witha transmitter 9, which is preferably placed in the head of the figure,so as to be close to the mouth of the operator. Connections 10 lead fromthis transmitter to a receiver 11, which may be used by the assistantindicated at 8.

The operator speaking into the transmitter 9, conveys to the assistantthe question or words spoken, and the assistant speaking into thetransmitter '71, answers the words or questions, and the words spokeninto the transmitter 7 are reproduced by the receiver 2 and give theeffect of the dummy figure replying to the spoken words oft-he operator.

The usual means may be provided for manipulating the lips of the dummyfigure, if desired.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may bemade, without departing from the spirit of the invention, as set forthin the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is a v 1'; A theatrical appliance including incombination, a dummy figureya receiver concealed in the body of the sme, a transmitter located at a distant point from said figure, andconnections between said transmitter and said receiver.

2. A theatrical appliance including in 100 combination, a dummy figure,a receiver conmitter at the distant point and the receiver cealed in thebody of the figure, a transmitin the body of the dummy figure. 10

ter located and concealed in the figure, a re In testimony whereof, Iaffix my signaceiver and a transmitter located at a distant ture, in thepresence of two Witnesses.

5 point from' the dummy figure, connections CHARLES P. PRICE.

between the receiver at the distant point and Witnesses:

' the transmitter in the head of the dummy E. G. MASON,

figure, and connections between the trans- A. M. PARKINS.

